Garment-hanger.



G. J. BOEH.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1912.

1,066,369. Patented July 1, 191-3.

CHARLES J. BOEH, OF AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1,1913.

Application filed September 24, 1912. Serial No. 722,085.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be t known that I, CHAnLEs J. Bonn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at and to maintain a neat and compact condition of the garments.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger which will include a trousers clamp having clamping portions arranged relatively whereby the trousers can be inserted therebetween in a quick and convenient manner and operat-ively associated there with so as to prevent them from being unduly creased. I

/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the combina tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described. in the following specification, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein,

Figure l is a perspective view of. the hanger; Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the manner of associating the trousers with the clamp and illustrating the relatively released adjustments of the companionjaws; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the jaws in their clamped positions.

Wit-h a view to providing a garment hanger wherein all of the various elements thereof will be securely connected together without the use of solder or other such permanent fastening means, one which will possess the maximum eiiiciency with the minimum use of material and one which will be strong, simple and durable, I employ a single length of wire or like material A having a hat supporting portion B, a coat supporting portion C, and the trousers supporting clamp D The wire is first bent on itself intermediate of its length and intertwisted at 1 and formed to present the oppositely extending downwardly curved loops 1' and 2 over which the coat or like garment may be arranged. One terminal of the wire is extended upwardly from the intertwisted portion of the coat support to provide a shank 3 whose lower portion is offset at 4 to accommodate the intermediate portion of the neck band of the garment. At 5, the shank 3 is bent. on itself and relatively associated with the supporting hook 6 of the hanger whereby it may serve as a hat support as is evident. The other terminal of the .wire depends from the intermediate intertwisted portion of the coat support as at 7, the upper end thereof having engagement in the eye 8 of said intertwisted portion so that said terminal is held against lateral strain in the weight of the supported trousers. At the lower end, the terminal 7 is bent outwardly in a horizontal plane as at 9, then downwardly at 10 and formed to present a relatively long gripping portion 11. From the portion 11, the wire is bent upwardly at 12 and then inwardly at 13, where it is twisted around the terminal 7 as shown at 14, then again, the wire is bent outwardly at 15 where it lies slightly below the center of the first portion 9, and then downwardly at 16 where it is provided with a gripping portion 17. The portion 17 is coextensive with the first gripping portion 11, the former being disposed slightly below the center of the former whereby both portions may be brought into efi ective clamping engagement with the trousers, as shown in Fig. From one end of the portion 17, the wire is again bent upwardly, as at 18, and then inwardly at 19, where it is finally coiled about the portion 13 as in the manner of a pivot whereby the portions 11 and 17 can be adjusted relatively as the occasion may demand. The first'twisted or coiled part i i of the wire is adapted to give to the trousers clampingportions 11 and 17 suilicient elasticity to insure the proper clamping purchase of said portions with the tion lying below said outwardly extending.

. ortion and extendin in an 0 )osite direcb v a l I 1,066,369

' tion from the plane of the vertical portion the respective gripping portions, the first and then bent upwardly and inwardly tocoil forming a spring whereby both gripward said vertical portion and then coiled ping portions are normally held in operaaround the outwardly extending portion tive contact with each other.

5 and then bent to provide a second gripping In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 portion lying in mutual contact with the in presence of two witnesses.

first gripping portion and terminally coiled CHARLES J. BOEH. around the inwardly extending portion, the Witnesses: second coil and the first coil forming a pivot WILLIAM RITTELMANN,

. 10 whereby to permit relative adjustments of JOHN A. RITTELIVIANN,J1. 

